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The Griffin: volume 53, issue 15 - Feb. 25, 1983

The Griffin: volume 53, issue 15 - Feb. 25, 1983

"It's a marketing principle," Bolz commented. "If you can buy a dress at Berger's for $100 or can buy it at K mart for $25, well people that want to get a quality dress go to Berger's and pay $100 . . . I think it's the psychology of perception . . . and that is what we had to go against. "I think that was in the minds by Paul Dannee Dave Bolz, president of the Undergraduate Student Assembly, presented a speech to the College Board of Trustees prior to their vote on the tuition increase proposal. In tho Assembly meeting held on Tuesday just hours after the vote, Bolz presented to the Senate the contents of his speech. The following is a slightly edited version of his comments. Bolz said that he was not surprised that the tuition increase went through despite any alternative suggestions but he sincerely hopes that the students enthusiastic support "laid the ground work for next year." the tuition increase was in essence made on Thursday, February 17 in committee where only two board of trustee members voted. The meeting this last Tuesday was the final approval. Alternatives to a tuition increase were suggested by Bolz. These included instituting summer work programs for students, which will be put into effect this year; also coop programs and a revolving Bolz speaks on increase Tuition Hike Passed Unanimously Administration Cuts Budget by $240,000 Though some students have expressed displeasure with the cutbacks Ryan had some reassuring words. "We set out with the intention of finding where we could cut without crippling the operation of Canisius College," Ryan stated. "We cut out no full time faculty at all." And though Ryan admitted that some people were surprised by the cuts, he feels that there is not much reason to be. The duties of the Planning and Research department will be taken over by Ryan and Dr. Laurence Franz, Vice President for Business and Finance here. Other areas of the college facing cuts are Student Services, Business Affairs, and Ad ministrative Affairs. A total of fifteen Canisius employees have received their pink slips effective July 1. In defense of the cuts, Ryan points to the increasing trend away from independent universities to state affiliated schools. Independent schools lost approximately 9,000 students this past year and $50,000 in revenues according to a report issued by the state of New York. As a result of the cuts, the college's Planning and Research Department has been completely eliminated. The department, which was created in 1976, served as a device for institutional research and made federal grant proposals. by Neal Simon In a ongoing attempt to diminish a $934,000 budget deficit, the Canisius administration has cut the budget for the 1983-84 school year by $240,000. According to Fr. Edmund Ryan, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, the budget maneuvers were a necessary evil. "Without the cuts, the tuition increase would have been $500 rather than $400," Ryan commented. Father Ryan say* the budget maneuver! were a necessary evil. stuff i*hithtgtMi>hw: riu. " iv/ / "I told them all along that there were going to be cuts, but we said that they should be confidential; we may have overstressed confidential."THE GRIFF\ "OVER A HALF CENTURY IN PRINT" . v.„. i m| ■H' - wr*— « »/j JirflMMIMi VOLUME LIII, NUMBER XV FEBRUARY 25, 1983 Dave Bolz, president of the USA here, expressed student views when he stated that the college budget committee and the board were looking at the tuition increase from a business perspective and "Canisius is in tne people business." Tuition is often increased because it is one flexible category in the budget balancing process. For the eleventh consecutive year, Canisius has a balanced budget. The two major problems that were raised in the three hour meeting involved the increase in tuition and the need for bigger increases in faculty salaries expressed by the faculty Senate representative, Dr. Joseph lovering. Both the faculty and the students will be disappointed with the compromise, Nortwick believes. The budget, as presented to the Board, was passed in its entirety. The Canisius College Board of Trustees unanimously passed the fiscal year 1983-84 budget including a $400 a year tuition increase last Tuesday, according to Mr. Howard J. Van Nortwick, chairman of the Board of Trustees. by Suzann* Cupolo Bolz also expressed his dissatisfaction that the decision on ISpwh Stuff fholounphur: Itll.I. II AMt'l. Bolz: "We're In the people business too." loan system where any extra funds left over at the end of the fiscal year reserved for energy bills can be loaned to students at 3% interest. 'The point is that according to (continued on pg. 7) "The first 2 pages of (the packet) are from the ASTIN survey of our freshman orientation class, and it says our (students') economic base cannot be compared to any other Catholic college such as St. Bonaventure, Niagara, Loyola, or Marymount . . . "So that in the beginning I said I know I have a fight to fight and what I thought was important is 'You see on pieces of paper in black ancJ white what the financial figures look like,' and what I did was to tell how it feels from a student point-of-view, 'and I think this is somothing you should hear.' So I prosented to the board the 670 petitions that we received along with 40 letters from some of you . . . along with the packet (delivered to the board members). (of the trustees), and when you have Ross Kenzie, who is president of the second largest savings bank in the country voting for this idea, you know you're going to have a heck of a battle. [Ralph Nader Comes to Canisius — see page 4 "Before I started," Bolz said, "trustee Ross Ken/ie was there and said basically our tuition is low, and it's too low, and students should pay for it. And if people are paying a lot they think they're going to get a good education. That's the psychology that we wore running against.

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"It's a marketing principle," Bolz commented. "If you can buy a dress at Berger's for $100 or can buy it at K mart for $25, well people that want to get a quality dress go to Berger's and pay $100 . . . I think it's the psychology of perception . . . and that is what we had to go against. "I think that was in the minds by Paul Dannee Dave Bolz, president of the Undergraduate Student Assembly, presented a speech to the College Board of Trustees prior to their vote on the tuition increase proposal. In tho Assembly meeting held on Tuesday just hours after the vote, Bolz presented to the Senate the contents of his speech. The following is a slightly edited version of his comments. Bolz said that he was not surprised that the tuition increase went through despite any alternative suggestions but he sincerely hopes that the students enthusiastic support "laid the ground work for next year." the tuition increase was in essence made on Thursday, February 17 in committee where only two board of trustee members voted. The meeting this last Tuesday was the final approval. Alternatives to a tuition increase were suggested by Bolz. These included instituting summer work programs for students, which will be put into effect this year; also coop programs and a revolving Bolz speaks on increase Tuition Hike Passed Unanimously Administration Cuts Budget by $240,000 Though some students have expressed displeasure with the cutbacks Ryan had some reassuring words. "We set out with the intention of finding where we could cut without crippling the operation of Canisius College," Ryan stated. "We cut out no full time faculty at all." And though Ryan admitted that some people were surprised by the cuts, he feels that there is not much reason to be. The duties of the Planning and Research department will be taken over by Ryan and Dr. Laurence Franz, Vice President for Business and Finance here. Other areas of the college facing cuts are Student Services, Business Affairs, and Ad ministrative Affairs. A total of fifteen Canisius employees have received their pink slips effective July 1. In defense of the cuts, Ryan points to the increasing trend away from independent universities to state affiliated schools. Independent schools lost approximately 9,000 students this past year and $50,000 in revenues according to a report issued by the state of New York. As a result of the cuts, the college's Planning and Research Department has been completely eliminated. The department, which was created in 1976, served as a device for institutional research and made federal grant proposals. by Neal Simon In a ongoing attempt to diminish a $934,000 budget deficit, the Canisius administration has cut the budget for the 1983-84 school year by $240,000. According to Fr. Edmund Ryan, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, the budget maneuvers were a necessary evil. "Without the cuts, the tuition increase would have been $500 rather than $400," Ryan commented. Father Ryan say* the budget maneuver! were a necessary evil. stuff i*hithtgtMi>hw: riu. " iv/ / "I told them all along that there were going to be cuts, but we said that they should be confidential; we may have overstressed confidential."THE GRIFF\ "OVER A HALF CENTURY IN PRINT" . v.„. i m| ■H' - wr*— « »/j JirflMMIMi VOLUME LIII, NUMBER XV FEBRUARY 25, 1983 Dave Bolz, president of the USA here, expressed student views when he stated that the college budget committee and the board were looking at the tuition increase from a business perspective and "Canisius is in tne people business." Tuition is often increased because it is one flexible category in the budget balancing process. For the eleventh consecutive year, Canisius has a balanced budget. The two major problems that were raised in the three hour meeting involved the increase in tuition and the need for bigger increases in faculty salaries expressed by the faculty Senate representative, Dr. Joseph lovering. Both the faculty and the students will be disappointed with the compromise, Nortwick believes. The budget, as presented to the Board, was passed in its entirety. The Canisius College Board of Trustees unanimously passed the fiscal year 1983-84 budget including a $400 a year tuition increase last Tuesday, according to Mr. Howard J. Van Nortwick, chairman of the Board of Trustees. by Suzann* Cupolo Bolz also expressed his dissatisfaction that the decision on ISpwh Stuff fholounphur: Itll.I. II AMt'l. Bolz: "We're In the people business too." loan system where any extra funds left over at the end of the fiscal year reserved for energy bills can be loaned to students at 3% interest. 'The point is that according to (continued on pg. 7) "The first 2 pages of (the packet) are from the ASTIN survey of our freshman orientation class, and it says our (students') economic base cannot be compared to any other Catholic college such as St. Bonaventure, Niagara, Loyola, or Marymount . . . "So that in the beginning I said I know I have a fight to fight and what I thought was important is 'You see on pieces of paper in black ancJ white what the financial figures look like,' and what I did was to tell how it feels from a student point-of-view, 'and I think this is somothing you should hear.' So I prosented to the board the 670 petitions that we received along with 40 letters from some of you . . . along with the packet (delivered to the board members). (of the trustees), and when you have Ross Kenzie, who is president of the second largest savings bank in the country voting for this idea, you know you're going to have a heck of a battle. [Ralph Nader Comes to Canisius — see page 4 "Before I started," Bolz said, "trustee Ross Ken/ie was there and said basically our tuition is low, and it's too low, and students should pay for it. And if people are paying a lot they think they're going to get a good education. That's the psychology that we wore running against.